{"source":"reg-employment","note":"Free 5-item preview. The full feed is $0.05/call at GET /v1/reg-employment/changes.","question":"Which final or proposed federal rules affecting employment discrimination & equal opportunity (employment, discrimination, equal opportunity, harassment, accommodation) were published since T, and which carry compliance obligations?","sample":[{"source":"reg-employment","entityId":"fedreg:2026-13286","type":"final_rule","title":"Accountability in Higher Education and Access Through Demand- Driven Workforce Pell: Student Tuition and Transparency System (STATS) and Earnings Accountability","summary":"The Secretary of Education (Secretary) amends the regulations governing institutional eligibility, general provisions, and the William D. Ford Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program under title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended (the title IV, HEA programs) to implement statutory changes to the title IV, HEA programs included in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act (WFTCA) signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025. These changes include revisions to program eligibility requirements for the Direct Loan program and the introduction of an earnings accountability framework …","significance":8,"detectedAt":"2026-07-16T20:33:18.582Z","effectiveDate":"2027-07-01","sourceUrl":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/01/2026-13286/accountability-in-higher-education-and-access-through-demand--driven-workforce-pell-student-tuition","detail":{"documentNumber":"2026-13286","documentType":"Rule","agencies":"Education Department","publicationDate":"2026-07-01","vertical":"reg-employment"}},{"source":"reg-employment","entityId":"fedreg:2026-13656","type":"proposed_rule","title":"Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; and Quality Reporting Programs; Including the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program a…","summary":"This proposed rule would revise the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment system for calendar year 2027 based on our continuing experience with these systems. We also describe the changes to the amounts and factors used to determine the payment rates for Medicare services paid under the OPPS and those paid under the ASC payment systems. In addition, this proposed rule would update and refine the requirements for the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting Program and the Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporti…","significance":6,"detectedAt":"2026-07-16T20:33:18.581Z","effectiveDate":null,"sourceUrl":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/07/2026-13656/medicare-program-hospital-outpatient-prospective-payment-and-ambulatory-surgical-center-payment","detail":{"documentNumber":"2026-13656","documentType":"Proposed Rule","agencies":"Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","publicationDate":"2026-07-07","vertical":"reg-employment"}},{"source":"reg-employment","entityId":"fedreg:2026-14303","type":"final_rule","title":"FEP Agency Designation Procedures: Revising Location of FEP Agency Lists","summary":"The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) is revising its procedural regulations regarding fair employment practice agencies (FEP agencies or FEPAs). The lists of FEPAs in the regulations will be removed, and the agency will instead publish the lists of current FEPAs on its public website.","significance":6,"detectedAt":"2026-07-16T12:36:59.750Z","effectiveDate":"2026-07-16","sourceUrl":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/16/2026-14303/fep-agency-designation-procedures-revising-location-of-fep-agency-lists","detail":{"documentNumber":"2026-14303","documentType":"Rule","agencies":"Equal Employment Opportunity Commission","publicationDate":"2026-07-16","vertical":"reg-employment"}},{"source":"reg-employment","entityId":"fedreg:2026-12924","type":"proposed_rule","title":"Nondiscrimination in Federally-Assisted Programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs","summary":"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to amend its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI) to eliminate disparate-impact liability. These amendments would align VA's regulations with Title VI's original public meaning, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, serve the public interest, and implement changes directed in Executive Order (E.O.) 14281. This is a deregulatory action in furtherance of E.O. 14219, which requires that Federal regulations reflect the best reading of the underlying statutory authority.","significance":6,"detectedAt":"2026-07-15T20:14:42.402Z","effectiveDate":null,"sourceUrl":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/26/2026-12924/nondiscrimination-in-federally-assisted-programs-of-the-department-of-veterans-affairs","detail":{"documentNumber":"2026-12924","documentType":"Proposed Rule","agencies":"Veterans Affairs Department","publicationDate":"2026-06-26","vertical":"reg-employment"}},{"source":"reg-employment","entityId":"fedreg:2026-13154","type":"final_rule","title":"Suitability and Fitness","summary":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is amending the Federal Government personnel vetting adjudicative processes for determining suitability and taking suitability actions. The final rule will improve the efficiency, rigor, and timeliness by which OPM and agencies vet individuals for risk to the integrity and efficiency of the service and make clear that individuals who engage in serious misconduct while employed in Federal service are subject to the same suitability procedures and actions as applicants for employment. It also ensures that suitability determinations and actions are applie…","significance":6,"detectedAt":"2026-07-15T20:14:42.402Z","effectiveDate":"2026-07-30","sourceUrl":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/30/2026-13154/suitability-and-fitness","detail":{"documentNumber":"2026-13154","documentType":"Rule","agencies":"Personnel Management Office","publicationDate":"2026-06-30","vertical":"reg-employment"}}]}